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STATE v. SLATER

No. 3855.

360 S.C. 487 (2004)

602 S.E.2d 90

The STATE, Respondent, v. Byron B. SLATER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed August 9, 2004.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Respondent.

BEATTY, J.

Byron Slater appeals his conviction on a murder charge, alleging, inter alia, that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury on self-defense. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Appellant Byron Slater was with some friends on the evening of February 3, 2001, at a school gymnasium where there had been a dance. Following the dance, Slater went outside, where he started talking with "some females." While there, he became aware of...

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